50 Vintage Beer Cans

Take one down, pass it around...

They look more like oil cans to me.

See them all over at L.A. Times Magazine.

Reviews from First Friday November 2010

Thanks to everyone who came out for the 24th "First Friday."

For those who couldn't make it, there's always next month on Dec. 3 @ 8 p.m.

A run-down of our favorite beers from November 2010:

Avery Old Jubilation Ale
Probably my favorite beer of the night
Jubilicious!!
Nutty, dark and thick... like my men :)

Anchor Humming Ale
So hoppy it's like drinking a pogo stick
No-no vote
Bitter
Grapefruity in a good way
Perfect
My version of an ideal everyday drinking beer

Bruery Two Turtle Doves
Coffee latte on ice -- not for beer
Giving us a wide awake and fucked up feeling
One of The Bruery's best

Samuel Adams Winter Lager
Excellent paired with the chili
Muy bueno!

Bruery Orchard White
Whoo-hooters! Chi-Chi loves it

Tied House Alpine Gold Blonde Ale
Sour and full of fun, like an albino clown

Blue Moon Harvest Moon
Liked it

Samuel Adams Oktoberfest
Good

Alaska Brewing Smoked Porter
Hickory BBQ flavor -- try marinating ribs!
Like liquid smoked salmon -- where's the tartar sauce?

Strongbow Cider
Average
A bit tart
Tortilla dipped in apple sauce
A throwback

Wild Blue Blueberry Lager
Way sweet, probably good poured over a scoop of vanilla ice cream
Too much blue
Loved it. Smooth...
Yumm. Doesn't taste like beer.

The Craft Beer Chronicles: Sipping seasonals at the Bruery

An interview with Bruery founder Patrick Rue by Brand X (the L.A. Times' one-time alternative weekly that is now online only).

Reviews from First Friday October 2010

Thanks to everyone who came out for the 23rd "First Friday."

For those who couldn't make it, there's always next month on Nov. 5 @ 8 p.m.

As we approach the second anniversary of First Friday, we have sampled 255 beers.

A run-down of our favorite beers from October 2010:

Bruery Mischief
If Hawaii and a devious German midget met and started a micro-brewery, this might be their first release. Yummy, refreshing, evil and citrusy.

Hacker Pschorr
Lots of flavor, but without the bite.
Smooth and tasty... like me. Hardy har har

Ayinger Oktoberfest Marzen
Favorite of the night

Barons Lemon Myrtle Witbeer
I like this. It seems like a nice summer beer.
Is this lemon Budweiser?
Better than I expected.
Lemon face
Light, tasty and lemony

Saint Somewhere Saison Athene
Kind of got a medicine taste to it
Might be my favorite beer of the night.
Has a champagney effervescence

Hinano Tahiti
Very good body, no after taste
Nice and smooooooth -- another one I could drink all night long!

Blue Moon Grand Cru
Way better than your average Blue Moon
So smooth -- another winner tonight!
Yum

Sierra Nevada Torpedo
My favorite Sierra Nevada of all time

Wells Banana Bread Beer
Banana-rama ding dong!
Better than I would have guessed

Delirium Tremens
Always top notch

Duvel Belgian Golden
Smooth and something I could drink a lot of

Hoegaarden
De-lish and smooth

Boddingtons Cream Ale
The first English beer I tried, way back when

Gordon Biersch Marzen
Good!

Simple Times Lager
Nice!

Here, here: 23 of our favorite beers

The L.A. Times Food section lists their favorite beers.
Check out the photo gallery if you're curious -- or thirsty.

Poster: The Very Many Varieties of Beer

You can zoom in on the chart at Pop Chart Lab.

Very cool. And lots of good beers.

Library Alehouse tapping into rare brews for L.A. Beer Week

The Library Alehouse in Santa Monica bar will tap one new rare beer a night from Oct. 8-17 for L.A. Beer Week, starting with Karl Strauss Big Barrel DIPA and continuing with such hard-to-find offerings as Russian River Consecration and Port Brewing's Older Viscosity.

Full story on Brand X